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Hey CAGS,

I’ve got some news I’m both excited and sad to share with you at the same time. I’ll be leaving the Digital Video Games team in Mid-March to join the marketing team for Amazon.com’s Loyalty and Rewards program, Amazon Coins. My boss and I have talked extensively about how to maintain and continue our presence here and across the other communities we’ve created in the past couple of years. To that end I’d like to introduce you to Josh, who take over monitoring, updating, and responding to this thread. Josh will be ramping up over the next couple of weeks, he  will be posting shortly to introduce himself.

Now that the “what’s going on” part of the message is out of the way I want to tell you all how much I love CAG and the posters here. This was the first community I joined when I started this job (anyone still remember that first thread?) and all of you have had a huge hand in shaping how we think about and execute Community Development and Management here at Amazon, which has in turn shaped my career these last two and a half years.

I started to write out a section calling out the regular posters and realized the list would be both overly long and incomplete at the same time. Instead I’d like to thank you all again, you all have my deep and sincere gratitude. I’ll still be around and my gaming accounts aren’t going anywhere so feel free to hit me up anytime you want to chat. I’ll probably still hang out in the thread too :).

Thanks again everyone, let me or Josh know if you have any questions!

The Indie Store has launched!
Amazon.com is launching a storefront dedicated to supporting and promoting PC/Mac/Web-based Indie Games. Our Digital Video Games team is a small group of passionate gamers and we’re all really excited to help Indie developers reach more customers quickly by providing a quick and simple process for bringing their games to market. Additionally we’ll be supporting the Indie Store with a ton of promotions, both at and after launch. Many of these promotions are designed to give the developer the opportunity to maximize their revenue. For example, Amazon is forfeiting all royalties from bundle sales and passing them along directly to the developer, we’ve also created an “Indie Spotlight” program to help customers learn more about the games and developers they love. We view the Indie developers as some of the most creative in the industry and we want to help them continue to create new and innovative experience for customers.

Why we are doing this:

  • Allow customers to discover an entirely new category of games on Amazon.com
  • Help developers reach new customers quickly. Our onboarding process is straightforward and we want to sell every Indie game available
  • We want to leverage our strengths to support and help the developers who are driving forward innovation and creativity in the games industry
General Information

Hi CAGs,
I'll be posting deals we're running on Digital Games (PC/Mac, Free to Play, Sony/Microsoft Points/Subs).

I'm also here to answer questions you might have, get you closer to the developers by hosting Q&As, setting up podcasts, live streaming gameplay etc. If I don't respond to a question you have in thread please send me a PM. These ping my email address and make it more likely that I will see your question and respond more quickly.

Cheers,
Tony


FYI. EA Games sold by Amazon will not activate on Steam.
F.A.Q.S.:

1. Does the game I'm buying from Amazon Activate on Steam/Origin/Uplay? What DRM does the game use?

There are two places to identify DRM on a digital video game detail page:

At the top of the page, below the title:

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In the "Product Description" section:

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2. Note on Electronic Arts Games - For the most part, EA games sold on Amazon do not activate on Steam. Most activate on Origin.

3. Note on DRM with limited activations:

Our Policy



4. Sometimes I'll do giveaways.

5. I work with developers and publishers to get fun (or at least what I think is fun) content to share with you all. Here are some examples:

a. Check out the Pax Gameplay videos here: Xcom: Enemy Unknown I played Xcom with Jake, the Creative Director for the game, a few months before the game came out Also, on this page, check out the Q&A, also a community driven event.

b. Check out the interview on this page: Borderlands 2 we did this interview at E3 with Randy Pitchford this year.

c. We've partnered with the ++GoodGames Podcast to feature many of the games we carry. They talk to the developers about the game development process, how the games are conceptualized and managed, all kinds of fun stuff. I'm working on putting together full link list and will update when I have it.

What else do we sell?

Xbox Live Points and Subscriptions:

1600 Microsoft Live Points
4000 Microsoft Live Points
12 Month XBOX Live Subscription
3 Month XBOX Live Subscription]
12 Month + 1 XBOX Live Subscription

PSN+ Subscriptions and PSN Points:

$20 PSN Points
$50 PSN Points
12 Month PSN+ Subscription
3 Month PSN+ Subscription

We also have a Free-2-Play store supported by our GameConnect technology. Gameconnect allows you to link your Amazon.com account with free-2-play and MMO accounts so that you can buy things like in game currency, premium game time/subscriptions, in game items, etc. on Amazon.com using your Amazon.com payment options and have this content delivered directly into your game.

5. Price Matching notes: Generally we do not match international retailers (GMG, Gamersgate, etc) or physical retailers (Best Buy, Newegg.com, etc.)
To check out the Free-2-Play games we offer you can visit our storefront here: Free-2-Play Store

 
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Hello Cheapies, 
                       Sorry about a noob question but I was hopping I could get a quick answer, goggling yielded some confusing results and few rants about GFWL...I just found out that Far Cry 3 is for $19 on origin, and I have it on uplay. If my friend buys it on origin, can we still play coop?

 
Current sales on steam made me think that we need a Focus Home Interactive/Cyanide RPG Bundle.

Game of Thrones

Of Orcs and Men

Mars: War Logs

A bundle of those three for $10 would be very Amazon worthy, imo :bouncy:

 
lomaxgnome said:
Current sales on steam made me think that we need a Focus Home Interactive/Cyanide RPG Bundle.

Game of Thrones

Of Orcs and Men

Mars: War Logs

A bundle of those three for $10 would be very Amazon worthy, imo :bouncy:

Tony said he was going to discount Orcs & Men the other day, but I still haven't seen the price adjustment :whistle2:(
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lomaxgnome said:
Current sales on steam made me think that we need a Focus Home Interactive/Cyanide RPG Bundle.

Game of Thrones

Of Orcs and Men

Mars: War Logs

A bundle of those three for $10 would be very Amazon worthy, imo :bouncy:
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Tony said he was going to discount Orcs & Men a couple of days ago, but I still haven't seen the price adjustment

 
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Chalky White said:
Tony said he was going to discount Orcs & Men a couple of days ago, but I still haven't seen the price adjustment
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$7.50 each is still a bit steep for me, I have plenty of backlog RPGs and while I enjoyed Mars: War Logs, I doubt I'll jump on Of Orcs and Men or Game of Thrones until they are bundled or really cheap.

 
lomaxgnome said:
Current sales on steam made me think that we need a Focus Home Interactive/Cyanide RPG Bundle.

Game of Thrones

Of Orcs and Men

Mars: War Logs

A bundle of those three for $10 would be very Amazon worthy, imo :bouncy:
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I could get down w/ that, as well.

Confrontation should be added to that bundle, though. ;)

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thepcgameguy said:
I'm glad I held out for a better deal on MK komplete, it is $8.16 after the 20% off code on GMG!

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/action/mortal-kombat-komplete-edition/
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Geez, that didn't take long. Still, got plenty of time out of MK Komplete PC from the Amazon deal recently (around $14 or so). Need to get back to it and try Story Mode.

That game's awesome.
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vince_carter said:
https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/buy/mass-effect-3

it's $6 on origin right now
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Worth every dollar, if you ask me - even despite the not-so-great last 10 minutes of the game.
 
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MysterD said:
I could get down w/ that, as well.

Confrontation should be added to that bundle, though. ;)

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Geez, that didn't take long. Still, got plenty of time out of MK Komplete PC from the Amazon deal recently (around $14 or so). Need to get back to it and try Story Mode.

That game's awesome.
EDIT 2:

Worth every dollar, if you ask me - even despite the not-so-great last 10 minutes of the game.
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lol mysterd maybe because u didnt bow to ur 75% off wb got mad at u hheeh jk jk

 
wow now that i know its good i think ill get it since im goin to the store in like 10 minutes i cant wait



Origin will not take my payment. It thinks i am in spain
 
tebowdragon15 said:
lol mysterd maybe because u didnt bow to ur 75% off wb got mad at u hheeh jk jk
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I guess I can blame Origin HB for putting Dead Space 3 in there - that got in the way of me playing more Mortal Kombat: Komplete. ;)

Though in reality, after spending a fair deal of hours w/ a game -- i.e. 9-10 hours or more, I got around 9 w/ MK: Komplete so far -- sometimes it's good to "break things up" and go to something else, for a bit.

I bet after Dead Space 3 is done -- got over 20 hours w/ it so far - yeah, I'll be looking for something else....

 
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Steam even has a thing called Early Access which is just an excuse to pay for beta testing.  Silly people paying to beta test games... but Betrayer and Sir, You Are Being Hunted look so cool so those are different. 

 
Eldredpe said:
Where are you getting the p from?
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My friend is a designated pisser -- he goes in the cup and I sneak it in under my hat.

When I say it I don't clearly pronounce a P. It sounds like a mixture of P and B to my ears. I should slather some J on that bitch. Yum.

 
MysterD said:
That game's awesome.

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Worth every dollar, if you ask me - even despite the not-so-great last 10 minutes of the game.
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Completely agree. Mass Effect 3 is an amazing game/story with a great multiplayer mode to boot.

Of course, last I checked, I had logged 905 hours into Mass Effect 3, so...I'm biased.

 
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Amazon did that weird thing where they discount the Mac version of a game and leave the PC version at a higher price even though they're the same.

http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Starve-Online-Game-Code/dp/B00D3TRMD8/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_t_2_2M2W

I played the demo for this on Google Chrome's store and I have to say that it was pretty addictive. Reminds me of those Konami Survival Kids games. 

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I had so much fun with those back in the day. I must resist paying $7.50 and wait for $3.75. I have standards, you know.

 
Has there been any discussion on matching the recent Origin prices?

Either Assassin's Creed 3 at 66% off or Mass Effect 3 at 70% of would be an instant purchase for me.

 
Tony or Cheapy need to update the OP again.

Amazon does not price match Origin (or similar pub sites).

 
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omgoblins said:
Has there been any discussion on matching the recent Origin prices?

Either Assassin's Creed 3 at 66% off or Mass Effect 3 at 70% of would be an instant purchase for me.
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For me, it'd have to be 75% off AC3 + ALL DLC on a Non-Steam version.

I don't want to deal w/ Steam-version double-DRM whammy (Steam + UPlay).

Already own ME3 - it's great, other than the last 5-15 minutes of the game.

 
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MysterD said:
For me, it'd have to be 75% off AC3 + ALL DLC on a Non-Steam version.

I don't want to deal w/ Steam-version double-DRM whammy (Steam + UPlay).
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I have AC3, Far Cry 3 and a few other Uplay games on Steam. FWIW, I really don't experience it as a big deal when one of those games launches Uplay.

Sure, it'd be better without it, but it's a three-second inconvenience that only happens once per gaming session. I'll put it this way, it's way better than the always-on DRM Ubisoft used in Assassin's Creed 2.

 
Xaliqen said:
I have AC3, Far Cry 3 and a few other Uplay games on Steam. FWIW, I really don't experience it as a big deal when one of those games launches Uplay.

Sure, it'd be better without it, but it's a three-second inconvenience that only happens once per gaming session. I'll put it this way, it's way better than the always-on DRM Ubisoft used in Assassin's Creed 2.
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That was patched out years ago.

 
I actually noticed that deal yesterday on Reddit and pondered it briefly but it's still more than I wanted to pay for that game and a discount of that caliber this soon can only mean more discounts to come in the not too distant future.

 
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